Exhaust fan fire ties up crews at manufacturing plant

7:00 AM,
Nov. 13, 2012

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News-Leader staff

A Monday evening fire at Springfield ReManufacturing Corp., near Interstate 44 and the airport, left one person injured and forced Springfield fire crews on top of the building to extinguish burning insulation underneath a large exhaust fan. No information was available on the injured person.

Battalion Chief John Marion said the fire and smoldering insulation were below the roof where firefighters worked but above sprinkler heads. Firefighters had to tilt the industrial fan back and extinguish the material below it without having to burrow into the roof, Marion said.